The Red And The Black (Signet Classics) - Softcover

The last of the great French moralists. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Praise for Burton Raffel's translations
For Balzac's "Pere Goriot"
"Raffel's "Pere Goriot" is both faithful and beautiful, and that makes it a masterpiece." --Alain Renoir
"I predict that this translation will give Balzac's great novel a new life for English and American readers. . . . The definitive translation for this generation." --Peter Brooks
"[Raffel's] translation has the vigor and elasticity of Balzac's style, and catches with uncanny accuracy the tone of the period." --Guy Davenport
For Cervantes's "Don Quijote"
"[Raffel's "Don Quijote"] recasts the original into lively English, without losing the complexity and flavor of the Spanish. . . . This "Quijote" flows smoothly and reads, in fact, like original prose rather than a translation." --Adrienne Martin

Praise for Burton Raffel s translations
For Balzac s "Pere Goriot"
Raffel s "Pere Goriot" is both faithful and beautiful, and that makes it a masterpiece. Alain Renoir
I predict that this translation will give Balzac s great novel a new life for English and American readers. . . . The definitive translation for this generation. Peter Brooks
[Raffel s] translation has the vigor and elasticity of Balzac s style, and catches with uncanny accuracy the tone of the period. Guy Davenport
For Cervantes s "Don Quijote"
[Raffel s "Don Quijote"] recasts the original into lively English, without losing the complexity and flavor of the Spanish. . . . This "Quijote" flows smoothly and reads, in fact, like original prose rather than a translation. Adrienne Martin"

Praise for Burton Raffel s translations
For Balzac s Pere Goriot
Raffel s Pere Goriot is both faithful and beautiful, and that makes it a masterpiece. Alain Renoir
I predict that this translation will give Balzac s great novel a new life for English and American readers. . . . The definitive translation for this generation. Peter Brooks
[Raffel s] translation has the vigor and elasticity of Balzac s style, and catches with uncanny accuracy the tone of the period. Guy Davenport
For Cervantes s Don Quijote
[Raffel s Don Quijote] recasts the original into lively English, without losing the complexity and flavor of the Spanish. . . . This Quijote flows smoothly and reads, in fact, like original prose rather than a translation. Adrienne Martin"

Praise for Burton Raffel's translations
For Balzac's Pere Goriot
-Raffel's Pere Goriot is both faithful and beautiful, and that makes it a masterpiece.- --Alain Renoir
-I predict that this translation will give Balzac's great novel a new life for English and American readers. . . . The definitive translation for this generation.- --Peter Brooks
-[Raffel's] translation has the vigor and elasticity of Balzac's style, and catches with uncanny accuracy the tone of the period.- --Guy Davenport
For Cervantes's Don Quijote
-[Raffel's Don Quijote] recasts the original into lively English, without losing the complexity and flavor of the Spanish. . . . This Quijote flows smoothly and reads, in fact, like original prose rather than a translation.- --Adrienne Martin

Set in a provincial French town in 1827, this psychological masterpiece tells the tale of Julien Sorel, who, during the Bourbon Restoration, disregards all moral codes as he attempts to accumulate power. Reissue.